Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Seasonal influenza vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in patients with HIV".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hepatitis B vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Rotavirus vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in solid organ transplant recipients".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Vaccine position papers

●WHO: Recommendations for routine immunization – Summary tables (2020)

●International Consensus (ICON): Allergic reactions to vaccines (2016)

Canada

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Recommendations, statements, and updates

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian immunization guide

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Immunizations – Bringing newcomer children up-to-date (2020)

●CPS: Practice point on vaccine-preventable diseases – Uncommon disease primer for the front-line provider (2019)

●CPS: Position statement on a harmonized immunization schedule for Canada – A call to action (2011, reaffirmed 2018)

●CPS: Position statement on potential strategies to improve childhood immunization rates in Canada (2018)

●CPS: Practice point on addressing vaccine hesitancy in immunization programs, clinics and practices (2018)

●CPS: Practice point on immunization of the immunocompromised child – Key principles (2018)

●CPS: Practice point on working with vaccine-hesitant parents – An update (2018)

●CPS: Practice point on Canada's eight-component vaccine safety system – A primer for health care workers (2017)

●Canadian Medical Association (CMA): Reducing pain during vaccine injections – Clinical practice guideline (2015)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): General best practice guidelines for immunization

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Immunizations – State information

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): School vaccination requirements and exemptions

●ACIP: Recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2021)

●AAP: Recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, United States (2021)

●AAP: Red Book, 32nd edition – Section 1. Active and passive immunization (2021)

●AAP: Immunizations – Vaccine preventable diseases and policy (2020)

●AAP: Immunization training guide and practice procedure manual for pediatricians, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, medical assistants, and office managers (2012, revised 2017)

●AAP: Clinical report on countering vaccine hesitancy (2016)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely avoid influenza vaccination in egg-allergic patients (2014)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Vaccine scheduler

●European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP): Statement on mandatory vaccination (2019)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The complete routine immunisation schedule (2014, updated 2020)

●PHE: The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease (2013, updated 2020)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Public health guideline on immunisations – Reducing differences in uptake in under 19s (2009, updated 2017)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices (ACVIP): Recommended immunization schedule (2018-19) and update on immunization for children aged 0 through 18 years (2018)

●Indian Medical Association (IMA): Guidebook on life course immunization – Pediatric to geriatric vaccines (2018)

Australia-New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): Australian immunisation handbook (2018)

●Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): Guideline on vaccination of the egg-allergic individual (2017)

Japan

●Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Vaccination schedule